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Boat Heating—Part I
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Read more: Boat Heating—Part IYou don’t need to be heading for the high latitudes to appreciate the benefits of a boat heater. Just drying the boat out can be reason enough to make installing a heater worthwhile. But which type is best? Colin shines a light on the options.
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Boat Heating—Part II
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Read more: Boat Heating—Part IIColin carries on with his analysis of boat heating systems covering propane heaters and diesel furnaces, both forced air, and water circulation as well as radiators that harvest waste heat from the engine.
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An Analysis Of Boat Heating Systems
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Read more: An Analysis Of Boat Heating SystemsWe have long heard the praises of the Danish Refleks diesel drip heater sung by the many expedition sailboat owners that have them, but since we simply don’t have a good place for one, or its chimney, on Morgan’s Cloud, we had never had the chance to use one before the month we spent on […]
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Q&A: Which Heater Is More Efficient?
24 CommentsReading Time: < 1 minuteFreeRead more: Q&A: Which Heater Is More Efficient?Question: Could you please address the fuel consumption of forced-air bus heaters vs. the Refleks?
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Q&A: Which Heating System?
11 CommentsReading Time: < 1 minuteFreeRead more: Q&A: Which Heating System?Question: What do you use for heating on Morgan’s Cloud?
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Q&A: Keeping The Boat’s Interior Dry
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Read more: Q&A: Keeping The Boat’s Interior DryQuestion: Is keeping the interior of the boat dry in the midst of prolonged damp, chilly weather, and/or sea spray just a matter of dorade vents, hull insulation and your Espar heater? Do you have success keeping the interior dry or does it inevitably get damp?
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Q&A: Port Bezels
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Read more: Q&A: Port BezelsQuestion: Could you post detailed photos to your website of the wooden bezels you fitted to your ports to accept Plexiglas covers? Did you do the same for your hatches? We are losing the battle against condensation in Florida’s current cold snap. Thanks!
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Q&A: Is The Espar Heater Really That Hot?
8 CommentsReading Time: 2 minutesFreeRead more: Q&A: Is The Espar Heater Really That Hot?Question: My experience with diesel heat is that it’s hard to light, hard to control, it smells and the deck is covered in soot. That was 25 years ago with the stainless steel pot belly stove in [a] Westsail. You rave about the Espar diesel heater. Is the Espar really that good and does it […]
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Espar D8 Forced Air Diesel Heater (8KW)
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Read more: Espar D8 Forced Air Diesel Heater (8KW)After years of fighting with an unreliable diesel heater, we are very pleased with the Espar heater we installed in 2000. It is one of the bigger ones they make and keeps us toasty in all weather.
